Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 10

Pros:

compact, sharp, light weight

Cons:

None for my purposes

I took the Olympus 60 Macro with me on a recent safari to Botswana. (Used the OM-D and also took a Pana 100-300, a Pana 20 and an Olympus 12.) The 60 proved surprisingly useful. Besides nice macro shots, it also was sharp enough to crop in Lightroom to nearly 1:1 and show a mid-distance, car-spotlight-illuminated leopard. Manually focused, it's whiskers and eyes were tack sharp. As it is dust and splash resistant, I also was able to take it to Victoria Falls and not worry about the spray.

aostling

Registered: August 2010Posts: 4

Olympus 60mm f/2.8 M.Zuiko Digital ED review by aostling

Review Date: 2/18/2013

Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $500.00| Rating: 10

Pros:

unbeatable image quality

Cons:

none

The sharpness and contrast of this lens continues to amaze me. The E-PL5 has enough pixels that I find myself cropping (in post-processing) with no sensible loss of detail. It's sort of like having the ultimate macro zoom.

The detail is just as impressive when shooting landscapes. The focal length (120mm equiv) is well-suited to my Arizona desert scenery. When rains come I'll put a bag around my camera and let the lens protrude, knowing it will love the wet.

No lens hood is necessary. A hood would interfere with close-up natural lighting. There is no trace of flare, thanks to what I assume is efficient anti-reflection blacking on the interior lens barrel.

The focus limiting switch is an ingenious addition to the design, effectively eliminating any tendency of the drive motor to hunt for focus.

It is simply the best lens I have ever owned.

Prime Minister

Registered: May 2011Posts: 39

Olympus 60mm f/2.8 M.Zuiko Digital ED review by Prime Minister

Review Date: 12/21/2012

Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 10

Even wide open at f/2.8, the image quality of this lens is excellent. Good contrast and an amazing amount of detail. I have no complaints at all about the image quality. This lens just delivers the goods.

For normal portrait or landscape work the autofocus is silent, quick and accurate but it's also very usable when shooting macro. Of course manual focus is possible too. The large smooth turning focus ring works like a charm.

The lens has a useful distance scale with a limiter switch on the side. I find this switch a bit difficult to turn though. But maybe if it had less resistance, it would be too easy to accidentally move it.

I did not give ten points for the build quality of this lens, because it's not build like the 12mm f/2 or the 75mm f/1.8. If it was, the price tag would probably be double of what it costs now. The use of plastic does keep the weight down and of course that is one of the benefits of this micro 4/3 system. For the money, it's build quality is fine.

If you need a macro lens for your micro 4/3 camera with this focal length, look no further.

Romboutroemer

Registered: October 2012Posts: 2

Olympus 60mm f/2.8 M.Zuiko Digital ED review by Romboutroemer

Review Date: 10/25/2012

Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $775.00| Rating: 10

Pros:

Sharpness, colour, size

Cons:

Focus by wire

Superb little macro lens. Incredibly sharp with great colours and microcontrast. Next to the Pl 25/1.4 the second Mft lens where i am completely satisfied with.

boatdetective

Registered: March 2006Posts: 11

Olympus 60mm f/2.8 M.Zuiko Digital ED review by boatdetective

Review Date: 10/23/2012

Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $600.00| Rating: 10

Pros:

Light, compact, sharp

Cons:

AF at max magnification iffy

Truly excellent macro- and I've been shooting forensic stuff for over 20 years. This is a very, very light lens compared to my Nikon 105 and doesn't give up anything in performance. You have to get used to the unky switch on the side, which allows you to get all the way down to 1:1. However, it's not bad. At this magnification, you must switch the camera over to manual focus (typical of any critical macro work). Once you get the hang of it, you'll find this lens very impressive indeed.